What’s Developing
For years, the trajectory of North Texas new construction has seemed fairly predictable: Unless you’re bulldozing in Preston Hollow or have Strait Lane kind of money, building new on an acre lot means casting your net toward DFW’s outer edges. But the one-acre lot isn’t confined to custom-home enclaves or multimillion-dollar estates. Production builders are…
As developers race to house workers in North Texas’ newest semiconductor hub of Sherman, one new community is filling a price point for homes that’s all but disappeared: newly built homes priced below six figures. Inspire Communities has introduced Frontera, a 113-acre manufactured home community with more than 400 homes planned at buildout. Prices are…
Celina is doing what Celina does best — turning dirt into the next wave of rooftops in northern Collin County. But this wave of development is targeting a segment the market needs badly: the middle. Huffines Communities has broken ground on Serenade Texas, a 468-acre master-planned community near Preston and Marilee roads, with homes starting…
For years, Rosewood Property Company envisioned office buildings and hotel space for one of Plano’s most visible corners at Plano Parkway and the Bush Turnpike. The market had other plans. Now, the Dallas-based developer (different than the premier hotel brand) is repositioning the project as a residential-led, mixed-use destination — a shift that reflects demand…
Master-planned communities continue to outperform the broader housing market, and Texas — especially the Dallas-Fort Worth region — showed strong representation in RCLCO’s 2025 Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities list. RCLCO’s annual ranking, one of the housing industry’s longest-running benchmarks, measures new-home sales at master-planned communities (MPCs) nationwide and tracks trends shaping where Americans choose to live.…
